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Day 1,680: Don’t Give Up. Ever.
I'm listening to music tonight that I put into a playlist at the beginning of the year, a really rough part of the year for me. I had failed. I'd set many goals, many deadlines for my writing, and I was missing them all. It was a horrible, vicious cycle of failure and...
Day 1,679: Circles
Sometimes, my brain runs in circles when it's trying to figure out something story related. There are so many moving parts to a story, it can be so hard to fit them all together, which is why "simple" is king. The rub is that "simple" can be hard to come by sometimes....
2018 Movie #32: Cargo
Cargo is an indie out of Australia, that's actually based on this short film from 2011, and the short is absolutely fantastic. It's a perfect example of the storytelling one can accomplish in quite literally seconds, as long as there is specificity and simplicity. I...
Day 1,678: Writerly
The writing was good today! Twas a much more relaxing day for me today, for whatever reason. Not as up tight, or anxious. I just kind of enjoyed my day. I wrote. I did building work. I watched some baseball, and the movie Cargo...which I'll do a write up on tomorrow,...
Day 1,677: Dayoff
Ahhhh. I had the day "off" today, ie- I only wrote 1,000 words, and did work around the apartment building 😛 Off days for me tend to be a bit anxiety-inducing. It's not the best, I know, I'm working on it 😛 Today was no exception, that is, until after walking the...
2018 Movie #31: Speed Racer
I remember this movie being blasted when it first came out. I never saw it. And then I read these articles over the past couple weeks about how this movie has turned into a cult classic in the ten years after its release...and it's streaming on Netflix. I had to check...
Day 1,676: Burnt
Burnt myself to a crisp today. Not in a sunburn or oven kind of way. In the "my mind is fried because I wrote so much" way. I wrote 3,000 words. More than that, actually, almost 3,500 I think. It waaas shy of 4,000 words, which was my goal, but damn. I've written more...
Day 1,675: 4K Day
(huh - for whatever reason this didn't post last night) I had an excellent writing day today, which is good news if you read my post last night 😛 Yesterday had been the struggle-iest of struggle days for me. About four of them in a row. But last night, I knew I could...
2018 Movie #30: The House
I remember seeing the trailer for this movie last year. I liked it. I wanted to see it. In retrospect, seeing it in theaters would have been a mistake. It's not all bad, but seeing on my couch was definitely the best way to watch it. THE BLURB: Scott and Kate Johansen...
Day 1,674: So Close
I am SO CLOSE to finishing this book. It's been frustrating to have a few mediocre writing days over the past four days or so...but I will not be deterred. Tomorrow is going to be a GREAT writing day. A great one. I can't wait 🙂 I'm going to go for 4,000 words. Wish...